important to both countries. >> 20 seconds. >> 20 seconds. while. it's the youth in america that are engaged in sports and it's the future that they are going to give to the splits landscape coupled with a grade a decade of opportunity ahead o going to pur accessibility. a mark of parcipa in sports to 63% by 2030. we can do it alone. we need partners to help us get there with that gives me great hope. >> thank you all. [applause] >> thank you everyone. steven will be with us tomorrow on the hill so we are going to head off. thank you for your time. [applause]

hello once again. we need you to be alive and excited moving forward to tomorrow. once again -- the bipartisan mission and i'm honored to introduce the next conversation impact 2024 how will america lead. over the time candidates up and down t ballot will be campaigning across the country on why we should trust them to lead. as you heard today there is no shortage of challenges and opportunities on the world stage. i think it's important for leaders to understand what happens overseas. it happens in a little town in china that will change the world. and if we want to advance our interests and values, we need to be engaged and that is for the court of theac

initiative, the bipartisan education plan of action to■q ensure all candidates running in 2024 has a vision for america's role in the world and fully supports our diplomatic and development tools of leadership. i'm honored to cochair this initiative along with my culture, the congresswoman who knows. let me tell you how important you are. one of my favorite expressions is a leader without followers is just a guy or gal taking a walk. [laughter] we are nothing without you. you've=eard a lot of great leaders out here today, but the reality that we need you, candidates want to hear from you, members of congress want to hear from you, business lrs, miy veterans, civic officials and community activists. you are the one with the power

and we need that power to kind of multiply our voices. so here's what we need from you. one, tell them we are elevating theoo a foreign policy toolkit. demand that t a a clear and compelling vision for why it's important to be a leader on the global stage and show them that in partisanship n often seem insurmountable this is one area where republicans and democrats come together for of the nation and the good of the world and you can be part of that discussion and make a difference. so we thank you for your continued support in this and we are privileged to have now to political strategists current es providing insight and perspective to an audience of millions. donna brazil is a veteran

political strategist for "the new york times" best-selling on and on. she served as the interim chair of the committee at the voting te and joining her will be the conservative strategist professor a founding partner of the counseling and political media crisis communication writing regular accounts on the la times served on the presidential campaigns and the president george w. bush administration. i could go on and on. we look forward to hearing about the dynamics driving the election cycle and the role of the foreign policy and campaign converse conversation. ladies and gentlemen, welcome the conversation moderated by

president and ceo jayson■% broo. [applause] ♪♪ how are you all doing flex you look like you will have been sitting for a while. scott and i are going to make you stand up and get. we have 156s the 2024 presidential season and let me tell you you haven't seen anything yet. so keep your seatbelts on. i love a panel that moderates itself. it makes my job easier. [laughter] [applause] i am moonlight as an.

>> thank you very much. >> i w sot booked for this event because i knew i wouldn't have to do a darn thing. [laughter] >> i thought about where my socks with but i thought it would look too weir i think i already know why this is one of the favorite panels aay favorite of these giants on tv leaving on to hear in our conference room today. et into it. you said 146 days away from.

>> of those ten days could be very crucial. >> from an extraordinarily consequential presidential election. we will see first presidential rematch in 58 years. a rematch of two previous incumbents, grover cleveland and benjamin harrison among the registered voters, joe biden leading narrowly among likely ters. so to my panelists, we have those popular with their bases,

extraordinarily unpopular with the other party right now, emblematic of the political times we stand right now. what do these candidates ne to do to win few while shepherding the bases to■ the poles in this november? i'm going to start to donna$ and then turn to you and what do they need to do? >> it's a very easy answer. i thin■t■ k appear okay. i have nothing against men who tu some tickets i'm going to see him. i like harrisonburg, i don't know what's wrong. [laughter] in order man is pies and.

[laughter] many of them are mild-mannered and you don't have to tell them to put the seat down when they leave the bathroom. they have experience,hi also co. when i was the chair of the democratic party to see the republican c■5anda alone donald trump without any previous political experience correctable, that was groundbreaking and yes we saw they picked up some states in the blue. this is going to come down to six or seven states depend on.

the every day tax the blue wall again but i better call my nieces and phews. we've got four seasons. my nieces and nephews because i'm not givces and nephews. they don't understand it. they haven't lived through boones farm yet. [laughter] here at my house putting many of es through college those that couldn't help themselves and i said after chet raspberry or cranberry juice

mixture, okay, i will see' you later. i said you your all going to sut joe biden and they are l maybe. in every season, and i've seen this■b before perhaps not all bt some minorities are looking for a new dance partner so right now thave to make sure that they can reclaim those great lakes■n states and at least be competitive nevada, arizona, and my beloved south. this will be close. i don't know how close but i'm going to tell you one thing. 99.5% of us, you're in the game

but you're not in the shot. we have less than 6 million voters out of the 244 million who are eligible that will actually decide this election whether we start in 2016 when trump broke the blue wall or 2020 when biden e largest turnouts. i don't think conservative republicans, some of my best bu. what's at stake for the united states into the world's leadership have the world is voting this year. yesterday mexico, friday

afternoon i believe we saw great britain is coming up, the eu coming up in june this month this is about america's standard in the world and now more the stakes for the country not just inhe short term the next four years, but the long-term up against our anniversary. we have a lot of work to do it's not just about the elections of petitions but making sure we can reimagine america's future in the world as well.■& >> before i start we are on the same network so i don't get to

spend much time with panelists but when you're a political operative that is also anspiringolitical pundit and, this is somebody you look up to for their candor and their good humor and civil discourse. it's an honor to be on the stage with donna today. she's fantastic and we look up to you. [applause] >> i think first of all trump is currently winning the election. if it were hel he would win. i look at this map, the symbol from nevada all the way to north carolina and i look at the northern blue wall and when i look at the sun belt states, see trump ahead in all of themvh and rfk junior getting on the ballot mostly hurting biden i think it is for-343-put the

dynamics are bad. so what does he have to do to win, he hasylvania, michigan and wisconsin and i look to up to three and he's so trump is ahead.today, ink i've not yet fully absorbed what i think the verdict last week will mean other than to say it's likely only to be a marginal imct tracking two groups, it would be senior citizens who have stuck with joe biden, they supported him and 20 more than they usually do democrats and also people who get very little news and may have only just seen

a not know anything other than that. so if i were trump i would be watching the two groups very closely. i always believed there wascowor a felon but i'm not sure we are going to be able to see that washout in the polling just yet. so, my view is that the strength here is simply that the american people basically want to fire joe■ below the 40% job approval and he has been for months underwater since august of 2021 when we pull out of afghanistan. he is never been above water his personal approval since august of 2021. they are stuck in the mud and this month of june is an shake the ball. they got their conviction the beginning d month they will have a debate, so i'm interested in the today and really interested in

july 1st because if has change if i were in the biden headquarters you think there's panic today, ask me in a month and if i were in trump trumpheadquarters i would be thg about how do i prevent them from escaping this quicksand that they appear to be and view is tp stays focused on the reasons joe biden's job approval is below 40, you will win evidence about anything else, he will likely lose. for my entire career that started in the campaign with george w. bush,■bk the paradigmn the republican party has been high turnout helps democrats. in this it is the opposite. throughout everything you thought you knew about trout. low turnout helps biden. look at why democrats areing.

midterms and special elections because the highest propensity be democrats now. peopleith colle degrees, seniors, and the manager republ. if you have a high turnout it will likely mean trump was able to successfully bring out a bunch of infrequent voters and registered a bunch of new people and change the composition of the electorate they build an infrastructure that drives turnout as high as possible because if they do they will win. within the parties respective parties on foreign policy natiog

package there were some serious splits between republicans on aid to ukraine and a number of other related issues. you had the establishment of long serving republicans like mitchny mcconnell leading one faction and the newer arrivals into the senate andongress maybe opposing support to ukraine skeptical on the traditional leadership role around the world. given that, how do you see donald trump messaging america's role in the world on foreign policy? >> i think that one of the ways to be a successful president is to hed as a successful country in the world and i think that both of these candidates know that.

i don't believe trump is an isolationist on the order of some of the people who are true on the republican party. very concerning. but i don't think that he actually is. we will have to see how the administration shakes out if he wins. bu i he might do if he were to be elected, what is happening in the congress is equally if not more important, and here's why. the vote on the foregoing aid package was overwhelmingly bipartisan and overwhelmingly showed people who were willing to stand up for america's role in the world can win these debas. wasn't close. people's fees have made it feel like it was close but this is the american people in the united states to be engaged and help our friends and aies and hope ukraine.

it will respond to leadership and we've got the senate and under the house for the speaker. mike johnson deserves an enormous amount of credit for standing up to some of people in his own conference. so i took great satisfaio and hard from what we saw and t foreshadow what might happen, mitch mcconnell will no longer be the leader but he will be unburdened, unleashed and a senior member of the appropriations committee. and i know everyone in this room knows what a great asset that will be to the people who believe that we deter the enemies of freedom with soft next president does, whoever it is, you're going to have a raging bull in the united states senate

appropriations committee buying up all the soft and hard power and that is a great thing. i'm interested in the elections as i am anything because i think you're going to continue to the congress on the topic. >> we look forward to that. on the democrat excited to little bit different■9 dynamic. it's sometimes more about the prioritization of the foreign policy versus domestic imperatives. democrats largely got behind presideniden with the ukraine vote, but in the electio yo youe democratic candidates and voters coming out on this choice sometimes on prioritizing foreign policy, president biden's vision to communicate oc poll and tugs that happen? think that is the reason that they learned early on in life you■j have to walk and then chew gum because without a strong

le not going to be able to■■ succeed because the projection of america's power and america's leadership also influence how voters think about the character of the candidates so it's important to talk about america's place in the world. by the way we are spending close to a trillion dollars on the defense budget including the race for the military that is warranted. we can have a strong military but as you said we've got to have also the use of diplomatic tools. we need soft power. i want to say something right aftermy the 2020 electns,oad. i went to germany and franc.

many people bought it because i was a former chair. first of all, i'm not going to travel trash the electorate because they disagreed with me. 's like when the saints finished playing. atlanta. yorecognize we are like every other major democracy. when millions of americans feel like thereosee themselves as lie

outskirts of hope and want to somebody to bring them into the opportunity that is what trump trumprepresents. i've just the challenge to say icu and i am the leader that can help that is biden's calling card if he can he will become president aiso i read is something. i'm afraid of wolf blitzer. [laughter] >> i available. had my hands full. [laughter] a variety woman because let me tell you something, as i'm cook. i'm going to serve something.

i'm going to find it. 61% of republicans, 61% of independents and 75% of democrats believe that america should have a leadi world down to priorities, a little different. buthe is where the majority of americans are. we can lead when you talk about foreign policy. when you talout the u.s. role you can lead a conversation and engage more who perhaps don't have a great understanding of what has happened abroad. we tend to focus on the politics within our country,6 the culturl war and all the other great didn't want to be on cnn and fox anymore.

the fact is we will make succotash. [laughter] [applause] i've got a chance to read the application of hundreds of thousands who are applying to get fulbright grants and scholarships. there are some evenings and thank god i just have a dog in theb% house. the opportunity and what they can take from this experience and they can go back this is amazing. we don't know how important we are to the world. our story.

our narratives need to change. [applause]>> i cannot agree mors and i think that there are people who believe there's a political benefit now telling us that america is about a guy in the world or america is a diminished power. i see it as two sides of the same coin. but that is not with the what theamerican people believe. we are a force for■] good. n either of the twoat are being fronts, please, tell them. do not listen. where they are are two different

places and the way forward in any campaign is to believe that america is good and we are a force for good and that there is a wide metal that believes that and some are liberal and some are conservative vast majority t believe we are diminished and we that's where most candidates are going to find success. >> for this organization. channeling from this audience. just a couple of weeks ago. traveling she used her bully

pulpit on television to talk about america's role in the world. a republican colleague at cnn, donna todd at the harvard school of pit you tell us in your own words what made analysts special and why have seen this outpouring from colleagues who worked with both sides of the aisle on the untimely passing. >> in the public we came to know each other very well in our time at cnn and the reason everybody loved alice is that she was a nice person. nice person, alice and body did and■ was always the first person in the greenroom a circles to have her hand out to talk to our democratic debating partners to make the conversations a little more civil to try to make it so the

audience believed despite the difference we are americans that want the better future. alice had a good heart and was . she genuinely believed in friendships across the aisle. i'm from kentucky, she was from middleansas and georgia roots. sh those people that brought the middle america perspective to cordors are dominated by people from the coast in urban areas and i appreciated that because she represented middle america well. it still doesn't seem real to me but she was one of the best and i miss her. >> thank you.

>> i am not afraid to tell you i've been involved in politics since the age of lien and i've had tremendousnces when i became a political commentator, when you go from being a campaign operative to a political commentator, we were the only three women i will never forget when we started to bring more women and people of color and everyone else, they would assign me to the republic. the first two and of course it

was tea party hour a as if to st the tea party but i have read and this is the republican debate and i met alice when she worked for michele bachmann. i thought m gosh, is she going to be on her rocker is she going to. she was smart a■b but when she went to ted cruz and said are you okay, you need an intervention, she said i'm going tookay. my former colleag 2016, we got on a call and i can't

tell you all because i want to keep whatever is covered. she was a gentle spirit and wise woman and i needed her now to start all this out. so now a strategist and i'm just going to keep talking to her. [applause] >> time is short but let's get a couple of questions from the audience and compare so we still have a little time. >> thank you so much. po you are. >> of course. from florida, you both mentioned florida and we have a new resident who may be involve the presidential election so i would appreciate your perspective on one issue that certainly is consistent,

national security, economic security, humanitarian concerns. how or whether climate chang beg election and i say that for will pause current governor to sign and implement legislation that will strike any reference to climatee of statutory provisions. >> i think it's going to be a big issue people care deeply about. i care because for the same reason that my cares about it. we can't afford just to live in these ss and i was talking said the waterm boca raton the

is like bathtub i hope you get . we need to keep the incursion of water from the gulf up the miist will threaten the lives of others. whether it's wind, rain, hurricanes, and the significance this is a major issue. why not prepare for it while wew many peopl must die, this is av[ real issue. let's not pretend it doesn't exist. let's plan ahead for the future.

i love renewable energy. [applause] >> baba from pennsylvania. do you believe there will be sufficient debate about the foreign policy during the election season given everything you just talked about and if the answer is no i or an obligation of media over the candidates? >> my condolences to your mailbox it's aboutter] and your tv and a telephone and any other device you have. i think in the debates foreign policy. the debates between the l feature sufficient topics.

it's going to be spun around domestic issues, inflation, the economy, immigration, and that's going■[ to occupy 90 of the debate space but in the actual debating arena you're because tl treated fairly. >> you might get a 20 minutes. and they will for 30 minutes. given ukraine, the middle east, china,ers that we might see between now and june 207th so it will be part of the conversation. right now if i'm talking independent women, i'm talking to young people and talking climate change. we are basically targeted.

we know where you live and who you are. we know the turnout and h y get your news. subscribe to thef digest and national review. i got a nascar subscription. [laughter] [laughter]eard of the good news and also the district of columbia so let me encourage you to go out and eat and drink more, buy some things and help our local economy. >> a great imperative.

and imperative. we have time for two more. two more audience questions. >> i like the state but again i the team. >> we are so delighted to have you all year and i have a question about your perception of a couple of things. number one, when you look at where president biden is there's not a very significant dierence but when you look at where they are on immigration there is a marked difference. look at the international relations and foreign affairs

and tell me your perception about where the similarities are and the differences are between the two candidates. >> differences and similarities between trump and biden. >one the similarity is economic posture you eat eluded to go to biden has adopted the view of economic china. i think they have different views on interpersonal relationships with alliances that i would say even though this isn't going to be the biggest focus of the campaign it is interesting the issue u the polling was a fgn issue with afghanistan. it wasn't anything else. that was&f the moment people kid of lost confidence and a so it might be that his shoes i may be thinking about trying to repair that.

but if you were in their camp. >> even the so-called executive will be issued tomorrow is one that was crafted and struck down by the courts,au can't get anything through to congress so they are going to play that game but there's a lot of difrences between the leaders. the projection of the power, strength, alliances, but again i think foreign policy is going to matter. >> this has been great. a close right now so we should go on forever, but this many in the crowd are going to go to capitol

hill tomorrow to talk to members of congress about the importance of investing in diplomacy and development tools and america's role in the world so i'm going to try something a little differen i'm going to ask scott to give advice for these folks meaning democratic members of congress. whatill be your advice as an alternative of what the crowd should say. i'm going to ask you for advice and close it out. >> a little jujitsu. >> my advice would be if you're looking for a role model, john federman. if i were meeting with a democrat right now i would refer to myself as a federman republican because he has■e shon absolute leadership on israel and a willingness to not listen to the fringes of anybody in our poti i don't agree with him on everything but i will tell you one thing that i respond to and i think other people could

emulate is absolute backbone and willingness to tell the it. i don't need you to chase me into an elevator. i am where i am, here's my position. so i would say you should do it like john federman because since he burst out on the issue this fall the approval rating is up like 15 points so thank god for people like john federman. that's what i would say. >> meeting with republicans, what is yo advice the season political expert? >> when i see the speaker talk to the majority leader who is from my neck of the woods i talk about america's leadership and despite the problems that we have here at home and our concern about inflation and concerns about crime and

reproductive freedom rights. we have to maintain the leadership and then examples, concrete examples i think it's important that when you approach your republican lawmaker or whoever is going to meet with you, talk about your own experiences and about what you know, who you know so they canác erience why it's important. and i have to close because i have 30 seconds. a couple of weeks ago i was invited to the states dinner. i had to high school commencement speechess and those are tough because by y called you can tell four things. you are done, goodbye. but you know you're going to be a freshman again. [laughter] i got invited to the state dinner and this was for the president of kenya. america andt

to a un conference representing united states although another . at 24, led by ronald reagan's daughter, i went to■i kenya to work on the jackson campaign and doctor king's holiday. i went with maureen, she was our leader and i went to africa with maureen and i say that because i've been to kenya several times since then and the lt time with johnny carson a former ambassador to kya has no quote unquote ticket for the dinner and when i learned of the former ambassador, someone the t me tell you your experiences.

talk about when you're a kid and this is the first time leaving america talk about w you had an important conference and even the most recent experience wnd u could barely get into. but i did the red carpet and i was proud and i want to say why you because there is no one better right now. your own stories will make a difference. many of them go to the congressional delegation i have on several occasions when i was a congressional staffer they don't see the world, they don't get out. god forbid if they get asked to go somewhere so tell me your stories becau the first time they heard some foreign pol liv. we learned so much and even more when they come and sit down with